Football: Right Between the Ears

The most important piece of real estate in
football, so the old aphorism goes, is the six inches between a quarter
back's ears. It can also be the most costly. Last week, in one of the
biggest deals in pro football history, the National Football League's
floundering New York Giants (1966 record: one win, one tie, twelve
losses) took title to an expensive piece of property indeed:
Quarterback Francis Tarkenton, 27, late of the Minnesota Vikings. The
price included Tarkenton's $60,000 salary, the Giants' first-round
draft choices for both 1967 and 1968, plus their second-round pick this
year and another...